Oracle Users Go Ga-Ga for Open Source, Including MySQL

Oct 24, 2007, 15:00 (3 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Matt Asay)

"It's great to be king (aka 'Oracle'), but apparently the peasants are secretly in revolt. According to a survey of the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), open source adoption is rampant within the rank-and-file of Oracle users...i ncluding widespread adoption of MySQL.

"Uptake is still small, but the cracks in the part iron, part clay feet are starting to spread..."

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